02.14.10

(This post has nothing to do with Valentine’s Day, a holiday I try not to celebrate.) For the longest time I had a literary crush on John Green. I figured that if my crush were consummated, it would ruin John Green’s life for awhile, thereby giving him some new material. Now, as I get older and my life-ruining abilities slip away, I think I’m over John Green. Sorry, John, I know you’re heartbroken. I’m ready to move on. I need a new literary crush. Unfortunately, I’m out of ideas. I need to find a writer, male or female, of any age, whose books make me laugh and cry and think really hard. An attractive jacket photo is a plus and a new author would be best. And it has to be someone who writes YA lit. A certain je ne sais quoi is required, obviously.

02.07.10

Many of you know that I have wanted a dog since I was, oh, nine months old. This November I FINALLY got a dog. His name is Jasper and he’s a year-and-a-half old Dachshund. Obviously I have to spend a lot of time doting on the little fellow.

Jasper is a very sweet social butterfly, but he can also be a little punk. He likes to chew on books. Does that mean he likes books? Or does that mean he hates them? Should I be embarrassed that this librarian’s dog treats books so poorly? Or proud of his good taste? Anyhow, Jasper demands to be the center of attention at all times, making it hard to blog sometimes. Or eat. Or shower. Or do anything. But we’re working on his manners and I hope that more blogging is in my future.

This past year, my library, along with a few other libraries, has been participating in a grant to teach kids Scratch, a digital media design program. I’ve been making up computer games and figuring out how to teach kids how to make them, too. It’s been quite fun but it’s spilled over into my nonwork/blogging time a bit.

Ooh, have I been a bad blogger! It’s been more than two months since I last posted. In my defense, I have some mighty good excuses. First of all, my internet connection was out from about mid-December until this Tuesday. I would like to extend a long pale middle finger to both Comcast and AT&T for that one. Now that I’m on the grid again, I hope to be blogging more regularly. But I do have some other excuses…